New little friends...

Wyatt is doing a side by side comparison of meat birds as part of his 4H project this year for fair.  There is a lot to it, and over time I am sure we will post about the issues that have led us to see genetically modified white broilers to be farming choice we would like to steer away from, and the black and red broilers to be a better choice that just usn't sustainanle, and therefore wish to find a standard bred heritage breed we can not only use for our own family, but also for our customers.

Research should be apples to apples, with all the birds being fed the same and beginning at the same date, so we ordered in birds which were all hatched last Wednesday, February 8th.  There are white broilers, red broilers, and Delawares.  To fill out the order, we brought in a few Black Australorps and California Greys for our laying flock.

So this is the beginning, and the culmonation will be in April for Pima County Fair.  But baby pictures are the best!  This is a little red broiler who wanted to sleep in the food dish...

And tried to get a better shot...

These are several of the little chicks together...

Kinda fun to play guess the breed, isn't it?  They change so much from this age to maturity.

Well, follow this project with the blog label broiler project.  And have fun!